Event Details

The 2012 LATAM FUDCon will be held in Valencia, Venezuela, August 23 - 24 - 25 - 26, 2012.

FUDCon is the Fedora Users and Developers Conference, a major free software event held in various regions around the world, usually annually per region. FUDCon is a combination of sessions, talks, workshops, and hackfests in which contributors work on specific initiatives. Topics include infrastructure, feature development, community building, general management and governance, marketing, testing and QA, packaging, etc.

Sponsorship available

Booklets: allow attendees to have an agenda, directory, map and relevant information about the event.

Banners: intended to decorate the place that served as headquarters of FUDCon.

Hotel - Valencia

Posters: disseminated and promoted the event in public places to attract attendees.

Name tags: identify participants in the event. They will be pre-printed.

Pre-registration

Instructions

Please add your name to the list if you will attend. Also, please indicate the following:

Put an X in the $$$ column if you need funding to attend, and visit the FUDCon ticket tracker to make a funding request. We have a limited budget and will work hard to fund as many people as possible. We'll use these answers to help figure out budgeting for the event. We are making arrangements for attendees from other geographic regions to encourage specific initiatives such as future FUDCon events, but preference may otherwise be given to people in North America.

Put a V in the Veg column if you would like vegetarian fare for any meals that we provide during the event. If you prefer vegan fare, please mark that column VV. We will do our best to make sure everyone is accommodated! Note: "Hell No" and similar statements are offensive to some and should not be included in this column.

Put your T-shirt size in the Size column, so we can have an idea about what sizes to have available. Only Unisex (Mens Sizes will be ordered)

Roomsharing:

If you want or need to share a room, mark yes in the "Roomshare?" column.

Once you have a roommate, both of you should mark your roommate's name in the block as well.

If you need a roommate, look for someone with just a yes in the column, and contact them via email. If you encounter any problems, let the organizers know.

Use the Comments section for anything else you think organizers need to know, or to offer or ask for space or rides.

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Lodging / Hotel

Travel and transportation

If you are trying to coordinate travel with other attendees, you may want to visit the travel planning page.

Getting to Valencia

Arturo Michelena International Airport (VLN) The airport, Arturo Michelena International Airport (VLN), is the nation's third busiest. It is served by all major Venezuelan airlines.

Simón Bolívar International Airport Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetia (IATA: CCS, ICAO: SVMI) (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetia Simón Bolívar) is located in Maiquetía, about 13 miles (21 kilometers) from downtown Caracas, Venezuela. Simply called 'Maiquetia' by the local population, it is the top international air passenger gateway to Venezuela among the twelve international airports in the country. It handles flights to many important cities in the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East. Since 2000 the airport has been undergoing major changes in order to meet international standards and to improve passenger traffic, security, immigration areas and customs areas. Security measures have become top priority since the 9/11 events, and now departure areas and arrival areas are completely split into the lower and upper levels of the airport. Maiquetia airport has two terminals: Domestic (D) and international (I).

Estimated Cost

Quotes from Orbits Going on 2012-08-22 Returning 2012-08-27 Looking for fewer stops - Updates from Kayak on the same traveling dates.

Origen

Cost

Stop

Route

Frankfurt, Germany

USD 1.830

1

Madrid (Iberia)

Paris, France

USD 1.119

1

Madrid (Air Europa)

Miami, USA

USD 830

0

(Santa Barbara Airline)

Houston, USA

USD 1.766

0

(United Airlines)

Newark, USA

USD 1,154

1

Bogotá (Overnight)

Washington DC, USA

USD 1.232

2

Miami, Puerto Rico (American Airlines)

Mexico DF, Mexico

USD 843

1

Bogotá (Avianca)

Managua, Nicaragua

USD 1.370

2

San Salvador, Bogotá (Lacsa- Avianca)

San Salvador, El Salvador

USD 1.345

2

Bogotá, Panama (Copa)

San Jose, Costa Rica

USD 1.214

0

(Lacsa)

Panama, Panama

USD 579

0

(Santa Barbara Airline)

Bogota, Colombia

USD 547

0

(Copa)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

USD 804

1

Panama (Copa)

Manaus, Brazil

USD 904

1

Panama (Copa)

Sao Paulo, Brazil

USD 895

0

(TAM)

Brasilia, Brazil

USD 915

1

Panama (COPA)

Quito, Ecuador

USD 767

1

lima (TACA)

Santiago, Chile

USD 893

1

Lima (LAN)

Lima, Peru

USD 524

0

(TACA)

La Paz, Bolivia

USD 1.283

1

Lima(TACA)

Cordoba, Argentina

USD 997

2

Santiago, Bogotá

Buenos Aires, Argentina

USD 989

1

Lima (TACA)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

USD 1000

0

Caracas

Directions from Airport to Hotel

Map To Event, FUDPub Hotel

At the hotel

The hotel has a significant amount of parking and has told us they don't believe there will be a problem accommodating some out of town drivers there.

Network Access

There will be wireless ethernet available at the hotel and event location

Agenda

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